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In a meeting held virtually, the Dayton School Board met to discuss a few items including the impact of the health crisis on the schools.

When discussing the budget, board members noted that district costs have gone down with travel out of district being cancelled, and there being no substitute teacher costs to pay.

The key date for the Dayton School Board is April 27. That is currently the scheduled date that all students are expected to return to school following Governor Inslee’s mandatory school closure. The return date is important to signal a return to normalcy and it will also ser...